KR101170866B1 - Method and apparatus for bit mapping enhanced-dedicated physical control channel e-dpcch information in umts wireless communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

In a 3GPP standards Release 6 UMTS system, in order to avoid searching at NodeB for a maximum E-DPCCH-associated metric at discrete possible valid index values, or over disjoint possible valid index regions, at the UE the three different sources of information, the fixed number bits that comprise the RSN, TFI and the H-bit components of the E-DPCCH bit field, are mapped so that the decimal equivalents of the possible E-DPCCH indices lie within a continuous range of values.

Description

TECHNICAL AND APPARATUS FOR BIT MAPPING ENHANCED-DEDICATED PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL (E-DPCCH) INFORMATION IN UMTS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

This application claims the priority of US Provisional Application No. 60 / 666,053, filed March 29, 2009.

The present invention relates to wireless communications.

Typically, wireless communication networks include various communication nodes that are coupled by wireless or wired connections and accessed through various types of communication channels. Each communication node includes a protocol stack that processes data transmitted and received over a communication channel. Depending on the type of communication system, the operation and configuration of the various communication nodes may be different and are often referred to by different names. Such communication systems include, for example, code division multiple access 2000 (CDMA2000) systems and universal mobile communication systems (UMTS).

Third generation wireless communication protocol standards (e.g., 3GPP-UMTS, 3GPP2-CDMA2000, etc.) may employ uplink dedicated traffic (e.g., communication flow between mobile station (MS) or user equipment and base station or Node B). . Dedicated physical channels include the data portion (dedicated physical data channel (DPDCH) according to the UMTS Release 4/5 protocol, base channel or supplemental channel according to the CDMA2000 protocol), and the control portion (dedicated physical control channel according to the UMTS Release 4/5 protocol). (DPCCH), pilot / power control sub-channels according to the CDMA2000 protocol, and the like). In UMTS, the DPDCH carries data to be transmitted. Incoming data is in the form of transport channels and multiple transport channels are time-multiplexed with DPDCH. The transmission channel is received every TTI, which is one, two, four or eight times the duration of the 10 ms radio frame. Different transport channels to be multiplexed onto the same DPDCH may have different TTIs, but always align with the boundaries of any smaller TTI at the boundaries of the larger TTI.

Each DPDCH frame has an associated DPCCH frame of 10 ms duration consisting of 15 slots every 10 bits. Ten bits of each slot constitute a pilot bit and a control bit. The control bit includes a transport format combination indicator (TFCI) bit, which provides an indication of the data rate for each transport channel for the associated DPDCH and receives received DPDCH frames, feedback information (FBI) bits, and transmit power control (TPC). ) Is used to process bits. Two bits per slot are allocated for TFCI. The actual combination of the remaining eight bits can be changed and controlled by the radio network controller (RNC). An example configuration is five bits, two TFCI bits, one FBI bit, and two TPC bits for one slot. Although both Node B and UE know the pilot bit, the remainder of the bit is unknown to Node B.

The TFCI is transmitted every mode frame by the UE. This is a 10-bit word coded with a 32-bit TFCI codeword. In the normal mode, two coded bits are punctured and the remaining 30 TFCI coded bits are transmitted in two bits per slot and 15 slots per radio frame in one radio frame. Since TFCI is a 10-bit word, there are 1024 possible TFCI index values. However, depending on the transport format combination set (TFCS) size, only indicators from 0 to TFCS_size-1 are used among these 1024 possible TFCI index values, where the number TFCS_size is much smaller than 1024. During each transmission, the exponent is mapped to its 10-bit binary representation, which is (x10, x0, ..., x1), where bit x10 is MSB and bit x1 is LSB, and the binary representation of TFCI is TFCS at 0. up to -size-1. This 10-bit word is then encoded by the (32, 10) subcodes of the secondary Reed-Muller code to form a 32-bit TFCI codeword (z0, z1, ..., z31). It is punctured by not sending the last two bits, z30 and z31. As mentioned above, these remaining 30 bits, z0, ..., z29, are transmitted at 2-bits per slot of a 15-slot DPCCH frame.

At the Node B receiver, soft symbols s0, s1, ... s31 corresponding to the coded TFCI bits z0, z1, ..., z31 at the UE are derived. These soft symbols are decoded by correlating 1024 possible TFCI code words with them, yielding 1024 metrics for the TFCS index {0,1, ..., 1023}. A search for the maximum value of these metrics is performed and the exponent corresponding to the maximum metric is the decoded TFCI. Fast Hadamard Transform (FHT) may be employed as a computationally efficient method for performing correlation. Since Node B knows the TFCS lookup table size in use, it only needs to search the metric phase corresponding to the exponents from 0 to TFCS_size-1, and there are no gaps between these exponents. This provides a significant performance advantage when information about the actual size of the TFCS is assumed (ie TFCS_size = 1024), especially when the actual TFCS size is much smaller than 1024. Thus, the maximum value search can only operate on the metric for the first TFCS_size index out of the 1024 possible indexes.

Newer versions of these standards, such as Release 6 of UMTS, provide high data rate uplinks called enhanced dedicated physical channels. These enhanced dedicated physical channels include enhanced data portions (e.g., enhanced dedicated physical data channels [E-DPDCH] according to the UMTS protocol) and enhanced control portions (e.g., enhanced dedicated physical control channels (E-DPCCH) according to the UMTS protocol). It may include. As defined in the specification of the enhanced uplink data channel, the UE transmits the data frame of the E-DPDCH simultaneously with the control information frame of the E-DPCCH channel. This control information communicated from the UE to the Node B generally contains the parameters needed by the Node B to decode the E-DPCCH frame. One E-DPCCH word contains seven E-TFI bits (E-DCH [Enhanced Uplink Dedicated Channel] transport format indicator) bits, which provide information to Node B from which Node B sends the E-DPCCH data. The actual packet size in the frame can be determined. This is necessary because the transport channel may have a variable packet data size based on the application type and the dynamic nature of packet data communication. In general, two frame sizes (TTI length), 10 ms and 2 ms, are available on the E-DPCCH. In addition, the E-DPCCH word contains RSN (Retransmission Sequence Number) bits indicating a duplicate version of the data frame on the E-DPCCH having a maximum value of 3, which may be represented by two bits. The redundant version is needed because the Node B needs to know whether the frame was sent first, HARQ (hybrid auto repeat request) priority, or whether it is a second or third retransmission of the data frame. If a previous transmission is not acknowledged by one of the Node Bs in communication with the UE, unless an acknowledgment (ACK) is received from at least one Node B, or as long as the allowable number of same frame retransmissions is not reached, Will retransmit the same frame. Therefore, even if Node B cannot previously decode a frame transmission, it is impossible to predict whether the UE will send another frame again or retransmit the previous frame, although another Node B with which the UE was communicating may have acknowledged the previous frame. Because it can. The E-DPCCH word also contains a single happy bit (H-bit), which the Node B uses to inform Node B whether it is satisfied with the current E-DCH channel setup (e.g., the UE indicates this indicator). Can be used to inform Node B that it needs more data capacity and can handle it, but Node B does not allow it to have a current data rate, so the UE is not satisfied). Thus, the E-DPCCH word contains 10-bits, which are seven TFI bits, two RSN bits, and a single happy bit (H-bit) in one transmission frame.

According to the 3GPP standard Releas 6 (TS25.212, version 6.4.0, March 30, 2005), these three sources of information (RSN, TFI, and H-bits) are used to form a 10-bit E-DPCCH word. do. 1 shows the mapping of RSN, TFI and H-bits by bit mapper 101 of UE 102, where two RSN bits are bits (x1, x2), and TFI is bits (x3, ... x9), the H-bit is bit mapped to bit x10. The coder 103 then encodes the 10-bit DPCCH word using the (32, 10) subcodes of the secondary lead-multi code so that the 32-bit E-DPCCH codewords (z0, z1, ..., z31), which is identical to the encoding of the TFCI for the DPCCH described above. For the TFCI for DPCCH, the first 30 bits, z0, ..., z29, are transmitted. At the Node B receiver 104, the soft symbols s0, s1, ... s31 corresponding to the E-DPCCH bits z0, z1, ..., z31 coded at the UE 102 are derived (shown). skip). Correlator 105 correlates these soft symbols with each possible E-DPCCH code word (total of 1024 total) to generate 1024 metrics of E-DPCCH indices {0, 1, ..., 1023}. For DPCCH, FHT can be adopted as a computationally efficient way of performing correlation. Node B may utilize previous information regarding the maximum RSN and transport format set (TFS) size in use, so searcher 106 needs to perform a search on these metrics corresponding to valid E-DPCCH words. However, valid E-DPCCH words do not correspond to a single exponential range but to individual exponents or some disjoint exponential regions. Thus, the maximum search by the searcher 106 for the metric with the effective E-DPCCH index is more relevant than the corresponding search for the TFCI for {0,1, TFCS-size-1} for the DPCCH described above. As a first example, if the maximum RSN is 1 and the TFI has a value from 0 to 3, then 0, 2, 128, 130, 256, 258, 384, 386, 512, 514, 640, 642, 768, 770, 896 And 16 significant exponents with individual values of 898. As a second example, if the maximum RSN is 3 and the TFI has a value of 0 to 3, then 0 to 3, 128 to 131, 256 to 259, 384 to 387, 512 to 515, 640 to 643, 768 to 771, 896 There are a total of 32 significant exponents, with values in each of the ranges from 899 to 899, requiring a search for the maximum metric for 88 uncommon index regions.

Fixed to include three different information sources, the RSN, TFI, and H-bit components of the E-DPCCH bitfield, to avoid searching for the maximum metric with separated possible significant exponent values or with respect to possible common exponential regions that are not common. A number of bits are mapped so that the equivalent decimal number of possible E-DPCCH indices is within the continuous value range. Preferably, by such a mapping, the legacy TFCI decoder at Node B used for DPCCH may be reused for E-DPCCH.

1 is a high-level block diagram illustrating conventional E-DPCCH processing at a UE and a Node B. FIG.

2 is a high-level block diagram illustrating E-DPCCH processing at the UE and Node B in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates the mapping of H-bits, RSNs, and TFI bits for certain example embodiments.

According to an embodiment of the invention, instead of mapping the three sources of information individually to the E-DPCCH 10-bit field according to the above-described prior art shown in FIG. 1, these three information sources are bit-mapped. Thus, all possible RSN, TFI, and H-bit combinations of equivalent decimal digits are within a continuous range of values. Thus, searching for the maximum metric between correlated received soft symbol words and possible code words can be efficiently retrieved only as long as possible exponential ranges, with the legacy TFCI coder used at Node B for DPCCH for this purpose. Can be reused for

Specifically, the following mapping of H-bits, RSNs, and TFIs achieves the desired functionality.

Decimal 10-bit E-DPCCH = (H-bit) + (# of possible values of H-bit) * RSN + (# of possible values of H-bit) * (# of possible values of RSN) * TFI ( One)

In equation (1), "# (number) of possible values of H-bits" is 2, because RSN is a set, {0}, {0,1}, {0,1,2} and {0,1 , 2,3} can take any value, so the H-bit can be 0 or 1, because "# of possible values of RSN " is the same as MAX_RSN + 1. Thus, MAX + RSN + 1 is the size of the possible value set of RSN and can be 1,2,3 or 4. TFI is a decimal transmission format index, 7 bits, and may be a decimal value between 0 and 127. Equation (1) can be written as

Decimal 10-bit E-DPCCH = (H-bit) + 2 * RSN + 2 * (MAX_RSN + 1) * TFI (2)

Therefore, the maximum value of the E-DPCCH word is as follows.

MAX_E-DPCCH_Index = 1 + 2 * MAX_RSN + 2 * (MAX_RSN + 1) * MAX_TFI (3)

Where MAX_TFI is the (decimal) maximum TFI currently in use.

2 illustrates processing of an E-DPCCH at a UE 201 transmitter and a Node B 202 receiver. In the UE 201, the bit mapper 203 generates 10-bit E-DPCCH words (x10, x9, ..., x1) by mapping the input RSN, TFI and H-bits according to Equation (2) above. Bit x10 is MSB and bit x1 is LSB. The coder 204 then forms the 32-bit E-DPCCH codewords (z0, z1, ..., z31) using the (32, 10) subcodes of the secondary lead-multi code. In the same manner as the coder 103 performed. As mentioned above, only the first 30 bits, z0, ..., z29, are transmitted. At the Node B 202 receiver, the soft symbols (s0, s1, ..., s31) corresponding to the coded E-DPCCH bits, (z0, z1, ... z31) at the UE 102 are not derived. (Not shown) Correlator 205 correlates these soft symbols with each possible E-DPCCH code word (total 1024), producing 1024 metrics of E-DPCCH indices {0,1, ..., 1023}. As mentioned above, FHT can be used as a computationally efficient method for performing correlation. Since the effective exponent value only exists between 0 and the MAX_E-DPCCH_index, the searcher 206 only performs the maximum search over the exponent {0,1, ..., MAX_E-DPCCH_index} to achieve maximum metric and decoding. The index having the determined E-DPCCH word may be determined. Advantageously, complete reuse of the legacy TFCI decoder at Node B is achieved.

As an example, when MAX_RSN = 3 (that is, when RSN is from set {0, 1, 2, 3}), equation (2) becomes as follows.

Decimal 10-bit E-DPCCH = (H-bit) + 2 * RSN + 8 * TFI (4)

Multiplying two RSN bits by two is equivalent to bit shifting RSN left by one bit, and multiplying seven TFI bits by eight is equivalent to shifting TFI left by three bits. This leads to the next simple mapping of RSN, TFI and H bits by bit mapper 203.

x10 = x_{tfi ,One} (5)

x9 = x_{tfi ,2} (6)

x8 = x_{tfi , 3} (7)

x7 = x_{tfi ,4} (8)

x6 = x_{tfi , 5} (9)

x5 = x_{tfi , 6} (10)

x4 = x_{tfi , 7} (11)

x3 = x_{rsn ,One} (12)

x2 = x_{rsn ,2} (13)

x1 = x_{h ,One} (14)

Where (x10, x9, ..., x1) is a 10-bit E-DPCCH codeword from MSB (x10) to LSB (x1), where x _{h, 1} is H-bit, x _{rsn, 1} and x _{rsn , 1} represents RSN, where x _{rsn, 1} is MSB and x _{rsn, 1} is LSB. TFI is represented by a 7-bit integer, where x _{tfi, 1} is MSB and x _{tfi, 7} is LSB. 3 shows the mapping of H-bits, RSN bits, and TFI bits to 10-bit E-DPCCH words, which can be converted to decimal values, using 0 (H-bit = 0, RSN = 0, TFI = 0) to the maximum value of (7 + 8 * MAX_TFI).

When the maximum RSN is 3 and the TFI has a value of 0 to 3, the mapping of equation (4) using 32 mappings compares to the prior art, which yields 32 significant exponents of eight uncommon exponential ranges. You get the possible E-DPCCH words, which are at least '0000000000' when H, TFI and RSN are all zero, or H = '1', TFI = '0000011' (decimal "3") from decimal "0" and RSN Up to '0000011111' or decimal "31" when = '11 '(decimal "3").

In another prior art as described above, when the maximum RSN is 1 and TFI has a value of 0 to 3, Equation (2) is as follows.

Decimal 10-bit E-DPCCH = (H-bit) + 2 * RSN + 4 * TFI (15)

In this case, instead of the 16 separate uncommon exponents that the conventional method yielded, the mapping of equation (15) is used to yield 16 possible valid E-DPCCH words, where H, TFI and RSN are all zero. Is continuously present from the minimum '0000000000' or decimal "0" to H = '1', RSN = 1 and maximum '0000001111' or decimal "15" when TFI = 3.

Although described in connection with a UMT embodiment, the present invention has been employed in any other wireless embodiment, whereby a plurality of fixed bit length information components each having an individual maximum possible decimal-equivalent value are obtained from the minimum to the maximum according to the value of the information component. It is possible to bitmap into a single control word with possible equivalent decimal values that exist consecutively up to the value.

The foregoing embodiments are intended to illustrate the principles of the invention. Those skilled in the art can consider other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

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At a transmitter of a wireless communication system having a control channel operable to convey a fixed-length happy (H) indicator, a fixed-length retransmission sequence number (RSN) and a fixed-length transmission format indicator (TFI), the H indicator And combining the RSN and the TFI into a combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword and transmitting the frame in a control channel. A fixed number of happy indicator bits, fixed, such that a decimal equivalent of a combined codeword formed from all the allowed combinations of the happy indicator, the RSN, and the TFI is within a range of consecutive values. Mapping a number of RSN bits and a fixed number of TFI bits to a combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword, The number of allowed combinations of the happy indicator, the RSN and the TFI is less than the maximum number of different values of the decimal that the combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword can have. Way. The method of claim 1, The control channel is an enhanced dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) transmitted by user equipment, the happy indicator is a single happy (H) bit, the RSN has a fixed-length of 2 bits, and the TFI is 7 Has a fixed-length bit, and the combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword has 10 bits. Way. The method of claim 2, The H-bit, the two RSN bits and the TFI bit, when represented in decimal, (H-bit) + (number of possible values of H-bit) * RSN + (number of possible values of H-bit) * (number of possible values of RSN) * TFI Mapped to the combined 10-bit codeword equal to Way. The method of claim 3, wherein The "number of possible values of H-bits" is 2, the "number of possible values of RSNs" is equal to MAX_RSN + 1, and the combined 10-bit codeword expressed in decimal is (H-bit) + 2 * RSN + 2 * (MAX_RSN + 1) * TFI And a decimal maximum of the combined 10-bit codeword is 1 + 2 * MAX_RSN + 2 * (MAX_RSN + 1) * MAX_TFI , Where MAX_TFI, in decimal, is the maximum TFI used Way. The method of claim 4, wherein When MAX_RSN is 3, the mapping of the H-bits, the two RSN bits, and the seven TFI bits, x10 = x _{tfi, 1} x9 = x _{tfi, 2} x8 = x _{tfi, 3} x7 = x _{tfi, 4} x6 = x _{tfi, 5} x5 = x _{tfi, 6} x4 = x _{tfi, 7} x3 = x _{rsn, 1} x2 = x _{rsn, 2} x1 = x _{h, 1} Where (x10, x9, ..., x1) is the combined 10-bit codeword from the Most Significant Bit (MSB) (x10) to the least significant bit (LSB) (x1). X _{h, 1} is the H-bit, x _{rsn, 1} and x _{rsn, 2} are the two RSN bits where x _{rsn, 1} is MSB and x _{rsn, 2} is LSB, and x _{tfi, 1} to x _{tfi, 7} is the seven TFI bits from MSB to LSB Way. A device of a transmitter in a wireless communication system having a control channel operable to convey a fixed-length happy (H) indicator, a fixed-length retransmission sequence number (RSN) and a fixed length transmission format indicator (TFI), wherein the H indication Here, in the apparatus for combining the RSN and the TFI in a combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword transmitted in a frame on a control channel, Means for receiving the happy indicator, the RSN and the TFI; A fixed number of happy indicator bits, a fixed number of RSN bits, such that an equivalent decimal number of combined codewords formed from all the allowed combinations of the happy indicator, the RSN and the TFI is within a range of consecutive values And means for mapping a fixed number of TFI bits into a fixed-length multi-bit codeword, The number of allowed combinations of the happy indicator, the RSN and the TFI is less than the maximum number of different values of the decimal that the combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword can have. Device. The method of claim 6, The transmitter is located in the user equipment, The control channel is an enhanced dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) transmitted by the user equipment, the happy indicator is a single happy (H) bit, the RSN has a fixed-length of 2 bits, and the TFI is Has a fixed-length of 7 bits, and the combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword has 10 bits. Device. The method of claim 7, wherein When said mapping means represents the H-bit, the two RSN bits and the TFI bit in decimal, (H-bit) + (number of possible values of H-bit) * RSN + (number of possible values of H-bit) * (number of possible values of RSN) * TFI To the combined 10-bit codeword equal to Device. 9. The method of claim 8, The "number of possible values of H-bits" is 2, the "number of possible values of RSNs" is equal to MAX_RSN + 1, and the combined 10-bit codeword expressed in decimal is (H-bit) + 2 * RSN + 2 * (MAX_RSN + 1) * TFI And a decimal maximum of the combined 10-bit codeword is 1 + 2 * MAX_RSN + 2 * (MAX_RSN + 1) * MAX_TFI , Where MAX_TFI, in decimal, is the maximum TFI used Device. The method of claim 9, When MAX_RSN is 3, the mapping of the H-bits, the two RSN bits, and the seven TFI bits, x10 = x _{tfi, 1} x9 = x _{tfi, 2} x8 = x _{tfi, 3} x7 = x _{tfi, 4} x6 = x _{tfi, 5} x5 = x _{tfi, 6} x4 = x _{tfi, 7} x3 = x _{rsn, 1} x2 = x _{rsn, 2} x1 = x _{h, 1} Where (x10, x9, ..., x1) is the combined 10-bit codeword from the Most Significant Bit (MSB) (x10) to the least significant bit (LSB) (x1). X _{h, 1} is the H-bit, x _{rsn, 1} and x _{rsn, 2} are the two RSN bits where x _{rsn, 1} is MSB and x _{rsn, 2} is LSB, and x _{tfi, 1} to x _{tfi, 7} is the seven TFI bits from MSB to LSB Device. At a transmitter of a wireless communication system having a control channel operable to convey a fixed-length happy (H) indicator, a fixed-length retransmission sequence number (RSN) and a fixed-length transmission format indicator (TFI), the H indicator And combining the RSN and the TFI into a combined fixed-length multi-bit codeword and transmitting it on the control channel. Mapping the bits of the happy indicator, the bits of the RSN, and the bits of the TFI to a combined 10 bit codeword, The happy indicator is a single happy (H) bit, the RSN has a fixed-length of 2 bits, the TFI has a fixed-length of 7 bits, The mapping of the H-bits, the two RSN bits, and the seven TFI bits, x10 = x _{tfi, 1} x9 = x _{tfi, 2} x8 = x _{tfi, 3} x7 = x _{tfi, 4} x6 = x _{tfi, 5} x5 = x _{tfi, 6} x4 = x _{tfi, 7} x3 = x _{rsn, 1} x2 = x _{rsn, 2} x1 = x _{h, 1} Where (x10, x9, ..., x1) is the combined 10-bit codeword from most significant bit (MSB) (x10) to least significant bit (LSB) (x1), and x _{h, 1} is H-bit, x _{rsn, 1} and x _{rsn, 2} are the two RSN bits where x _{rsn, 1} is MSB and x _{rsn, 2} is LSB, and x _{tfi, 1} to x _{tfi, 7} are MSB to LSB The 7 TFI bits of Way.

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